CVE-2025-68345 | ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_hda_read_acpi()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_hda_read_acpi() The acpi_get_first_physical_node() function can return NULL, in which case the get_device() function also returns NULL, but this value is then dereferenced without checking,so add a check to prevent a crash. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Published: 2025-12-24 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-68345 is rated Low Risk (10.9/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-68345

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.21% +0.19%
2 2025-12-24 0.02%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-68345

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-68345

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-68345

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2025-68345 unimportant priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68345
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68345
suse medium CVE-2025-68345 severity moderate: SUSE including 477 source package names (13.2-9.1:libsystemd0-254.23-1.1, 13.2-9.1:libudev1-254.23-1.1, …), 1029 product×package rows across 185 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (185 product lines)): Fixed 649, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 124, First Fixed 25. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68345/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-68345 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 179, released 116, not-affected 46, needed 41, pending 13. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-68345

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-68345

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References for CVE-2025-68345

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